Calvin adams



PATENTED OCT. 1, 1867,

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v FOOT REST.

f tnitch gtats 123mm CALVIN ADAMS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent N 69,298, dated October 1, 1867.-

FOOT-REST.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CALVIN ADAMS, of the city of Pittsburg, in thecounty of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Foot-Best; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whieh-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rest.

Figure-2 is an end View of the rest.

Figure 3 is a side view, and

Figure 4 is av perspective of a rest with two columns.

The object of this invention is to provide a. cheap and convenientfoot-stander rest, which can be set in a tub or any other vessel inwhich a bath is taken, and be use-ti by the bother as a rest or supportfor the foot, either in washing or drying. These foot-rests can be madesubstantially in the manner herein shown and described, from anymaterial or combination of materials which are at all suitable to beused in water. I generally make them of cast iron. The base A should bemade broad enough to prevent the rest from being easily turned over bythe pressure of the foot upon it. I make them four orfive inches indiameter for rests about six inches in height. They may be cast solid,as in fig. 1 of the drawing, or perforated in one or more places, ormade simply as a rim, similar to the one shown in fig. 4:. The rest 13is made of convenient size and shape to hold the foot easily and withoutsliding. I make them about three inches in length and two inches inbreadth, slightly concave from end to end, and convex from side to side,which I think is the most convenient size and shape for use. The base Aand rest B are connected by the column C, which I generally make four orfive inches long so that the foot-rest, when complete, will stand aboutsix inches in height. The rest B may be cast on to this column O,.or itmay be attached to the column by a rivet, D, or other suitabledevice,,and arranged so as to turn on the column. Two or more columnsmay he used to connect and sustain the rest B, as indicated at C e, fig.4, and the rest B may be made as a part of these columns, or attached tothem in any suitable and convenient manner. This foot-rest. when made ofcast iron, may be moulded and cast in one omore pieces, in the mannerwell known to all iron manufacturers.

Having thus shown the nature and. method of constructing my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Constructing a foot-rest with the base A of suitable diameter for itssupport, and the rest 13 of convenient shape to form a rest for thefoot, connected by one or more columns, G C, substantially as shown anddescribed CALVIN ADAMS.

Witnesses:

J. H. BALDWIN, W. K. Jnruvmss.

